A random flight through some of my extraordinary flying adventures

Weather has been weird lately– mild 50 degree days, followed by cold sub-zero temperatures due to the Polar Vortex which dipped as far south as Atlanta, bringing snow, frigid temperatures, delays, disruptions and chaos.

Last year, all the major flying trips I had planned were delayed, postponed or even cancelled altogether. This year though, things looked promising. As the big day arrived, the forecast surprisingly called for a mild 40 degrees temperature, filled with sunshine. Yet, we were not out of the woods. In a reversal of events, the Sunshine State, which we normally expect to be warm, sunny and full of reliable weather conditions instead, was calling for rain, mist, overcast skies and IMC weather for most of the day.

We departed an hour later than planned (but nothing new here :-)) and raced (or rather crawled at snails pace against strong headwinds) towards the…